How to rip a DVD: A Tutorial
Ripping a DVD to xvid or divx avi is really quite easy, if you have the right tools. You’ll first need to download DVD decrypter and auto gordian knot (autogk). DVD decrypter allows you to rip the raw DVD video and audio data off of your disk drive, decrypt the CSS protection, and finally remove any other protection schemes, such as Macrovision. AutoGK is a package of codecs and a GUI interface that will take the raw DVD data through an AV processing pipeline to produce a single windows video file.
Step 1: RIP
Put in a DVD and launch DVD Decrypter. Choose IFO (Information File) mode:
Now make sure you’ve selected a destination for your files:
Now you need to find which program chain to rip (PGC). Pick the one that’s the longest, or in the case of a TV dvd, the episode you want to rip:
Everything’s set up. Just click the green arrow and wait about twenty minutes, after which you will have a set of files which look like this:
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_PGC_07 - Stream Information.txt
VTS_01_PGC_07_1.VOB
The whole ripping process shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes.
Step 2: ENCODE
Launch AutoGK and select the first .vob that you just ripped as an input file, and set an output file name:
Now you need to select audio (choose the first one) and subtitles, if any:
If you’re ripping a TV, set the preferred size to 350MB, if you’re ripping a movie, choose either 700MB or 1400MB, depending on your preference:
Finally, click on advanced settings and choose MP3 VBR 128kbs:
Then click “add job” and “start.” After all this, you’ll have a log that looks like the following:
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] AutoGK 2.26
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] OS: WinXP (5.1.2600).2
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Job started.
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Input file: J:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Output file: J:\Output.avi
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Output codec: XviD
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Audio 1: Unknown language AC3 2ch
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Subtitles: none
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Format: .AVI
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Target size: 350Mb
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Custom audio settings: VBR MP3 with average bitrate: 128Kbps
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Started encoding.
[12/26/2005 9:07:27 AM] Demuxing and indexing.
[12/26/2005 9:08:30 AM] Processing file: J:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_PGC_04_1.VOB
[12/26/2005 9:08:30 AM] Source resolution: 720×480
[12/26/2005 9:08:30 AM] Found NTSC source.
[12/26/2005 9:08:30 AM] Source aspect ratio: 4:3
[12/26/2005 9:08:30 AM] Analyzing source.
[12/26/2005 10:28:40 AM] Source is considered to be hybrid (mostly NTSC).
[12/26/2005 10:28:40 AM] Looking for optimal hybrid thresholds.
[12/26/2005 10:28:45 AM] Found threshold of: 1.38
[12/26/2005 10:28:45 AM] Output will contain 38690 frames
[12/26/2005 10:28:45 AM] Decoding audio.
[12/26/2005 10:29:16 AM] Normalizing audio.
[12/26/2005 10:29:28 AM] Encoding audio.
[12/26/2005 10:31:57 AM] Audio1 size: 17,708,400 bytes (16.89 Mb)
[12/26/2005 10:31:57 AM] Overhead: 1,547,648 bytes (1.48 Mb)
[12/26/2005 10:31:57 AM] Video size: 347,745,552 bytes (331.64 Mb)
[12/26/2005 10:31:57 AM] Running compressibility test.
[12/26/2005 10:35:01 AM] Duration was: 3 minutes 4 seconds
[12/26/2005 10:35:01 AM] Speed was: 12.61 fps.
[12/26/2005 10:35:01 AM] Compressibility percentage is: 55.96
[12/26/2005 10:35:01 AM] Chosen resolution is: 560×416 ( AR: 1.35 )
[12/26/2005 10:35:01 AM] Predicted comptest value is: 73.79%
[12/26/2005 10:35:01 AM] Running first pass.
[12/26/2005 11:02:56 AM] Duration was: 27 minutes 55 seconds
[12/26/2005 11:02:56 AM] Speed was: 23.10 fps.
[12/26/2005 11:02:56 AM] Expected quality of first pass size: 76.04%
[12/26/2005 11:02:56 AM] Running second pass.
[12/26/2005 11:42:42 AM] Duration was: 39 minutes 46 seconds
[12/26/2005 11:42:43 AM] Speed was: 16.22 fps.
[12/26/2005 11:42:43 AM] Job finished. Total time: 2 hours 35 minutes 15 seconds
====================================================
Step 3: WATCH
You’re done. Delete all the non .avi files and enjoy the fruits of your ripping.
This entry was posted on Monday, December 26th, 2005 at 12:47 pm and is tagged with auto gordian knot, green arrow, divx avi, gui interface, preferred size, unknown language, video ts, vts, decrypter, 700mb, autogk, input file, video file, vbr, right tools, how to rip a dvd, xvid, codecs, twenty minutes, subtitles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback.
on December 27th, 2005 at 3:40 pm
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on December 27th, 2005 at 4:39 pm
Looks good.
I personally use DVD Shrink to “backup” only the movie and 1st english audio track, and then use AutoGK.. it saves a bit of space on the HD during the process…
on December 27th, 2005 at 9:25 pm
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on December 28th, 2005 at 9:31 am
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on December 28th, 2005 at 11:34 am
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on December 28th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
Nice…Thank you!
on December 28th, 2005 at 11:01 pm
There should be something written about how it takes over two hours.
on December 29th, 2005 at 9:24 am
Near 3 hours on this 18:13 movie? That seems too much for me…
on December 29th, 2005 at 12:41 pm
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on January 21st, 2006 at 2:52 pm
That looks complicated. How about a tutorial for OS X?
on January 27th, 2006 at 11:19 am
I’m new to this, what codecs do I need and where do I find them?
on February 1st, 2006 at 6:11 pm
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on February 2nd, 2006 at 4:27 pm
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on February 22nd, 2006 at 12:27 am
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on April 11th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
hey this is a goos tutroial. how ever i want the avi file to have subtitles in it. could some one give me the details as to how this can be done please?
on April 12th, 2006 at 10:30 am
I’ve also had problems getting subtitles. The subtitles option in AGK is always “No subtitles”… so it looks like the VOB files don’t contain that info. I’ve tried enabling Stream Processing in the DVD Decryptor, and English subtitles are checked, but still no luck.
Any suggestions?
on April 26th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
Thanks a lot for your ‘how to rip a dvd’ tutorial - after sifting through various guides and software, yours has been by far the simplest and most effective. Thanks!
on May 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 am
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on May 17th, 2006 at 11:34 am
I was having trouble getting subtitles, too, but I discovered the solution: you have to select the IFO file with the same name as the first VOB file instead of the VOB file as your input file, and then when you go to browse for an output file, it will suggest one for you. This will allow you to get your subitles.
on May 21st, 2006 at 2:03 pm
I tried to use the this and couldn’t access my dvd.
Do I need a dvd drive in vy computer to do rip dvd’s using this meathod.
on May 29th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Thanks mate…..
Realy helped alot…
Cheers to you!
on May 31st, 2006 at 11:02 am
Trav, you need a dvd drive in your computer. one that either burns or plays DVDs.
on June 4th, 2006 at 5:25 am
Cheers, works great.
on June 15th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Hello,
Is it possible to DVD-rip my VHS-tapes with this method?
Thanks
on June 30th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
^^^no, not possible^^^
when i have a 4gb file, it splits the .vob into four files, each about 1 gb…in this tutorial it only shows how to do it with one file under 1 gb so how do i go about converting the four 1gb files into one 700mb file?
on July 1st, 2006 at 12:41 am
It takes too long (~ 3 hrs) to rip a file! Is there a faster way??
on July 14th, 2006 at 10:27 am
well i guess i hav problem when i’m was going to encode the movie.. it said something about the interlace.log file ,damn
on July 14th, 2006 at 11:46 am
I was able to use the tutorial to create a .avi from a DVD. It worked great on the computer I used to create it, but when I put it on another computer, the latest version of Windows Media Player couldn’t play it. I followed Microsoft Help’s suggestion of changing my Internet Exploer security to “medium,” which allows codecs to be downloaded to my computer. However, it still would not work when I tried to play it. Any suggestions on how to make this file work on other computers? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your help!
on July 28th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
what if i want to rip a dvd in which the movie comes in liek 5 seperate VOB files, how can i merge them together after i decrypt them???
on August 4th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
Why can’t I forward or rewind?
on August 10th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
One can set the output size of a DivX file all the way down to about 175 MB for a “1 hour” TV episode. Tweaking the size a little bit will allow an entire season to be burned to a single data DVD that will play nicely on a Philips DVP 642. If you’re not using a HDTV, the quality is lower than a 350 MB file, but still quite acceptable.
on August 15th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
hey hmm this take a long time but it works i guess
on August 17th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
Great guide!
on August 19th, 2006 at 6:53 am
I want to copy the music off a dvd, but i dont want the picture, this way i can put live shows onto my mp3 player. Is this possible?
on August 22nd, 2006 at 2:00 pm
take’s hour’s for me around 13 hrs.
on August 24th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
HELP>>>
I followed your intructions and I now have a Avi file and a MP3 file. why are they split? wot did I do wrong
on August 28th, 2006 at 12:42 am
Go to Tools -> Settings then click on the IFO Mode tab. Under Files splitting, select “none.”
on September 8th, 2006 at 7:23 am
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on September 29th, 2006 at 12:36 pm
Great tutorial just one question, when i import the finished avi to windows media maker and then play the avi. The avi is choppy and the length of the avi is shorten, How do i adjust this?
thanx
on October 28th, 2006 at 7:40 pm
Whenever I rip a DVD I don’t get the audio, just the video. What am I doing wrong?
on November 2nd, 2006 at 8:03 am
Does take a while, but works as promised..Thanks Elliott!
on November 9th, 2006 at 5:18 am
Great Site! I was looking for this since, since, I don’t know when….
on November 19th, 2006 at 1:54 am
Absolutely great! Worked like a charm.
on December 1st, 2006 at 7:36 am
Nobody seems to have answered the question that has been asked across the board. Why does it take so long?
on December 2nd, 2006 at 3:54 am
The reason it takes so long is because most people don’t want to take up 4 gigabytes to 8 gigabytes of disk space per disk. If you are OK with that, you can stop after “Step 1: RIP” and play the VOB files with VLC media player (www videolan org). Or better yet, follow “Step 1″ but rip to a single ISO file (instead of IFO mode) and use a progam called DAEMON Tools (www daemon-tools cc) to mount (load) the ISO file. It will show up as a virtual DVD drive and play just as if you inserted the original disk (with all the features, extras, language tracks, subtitles, etc.)!
The point of the lengthy step (Step 2) is to take a movie that is already compressed by the studios to make it fit on a DVD (4GB to 8GB), and make it smaller (700MB per hour, usually) so it is easier to store and upload.
So why is “Step 2″ so time consuming? Because the entire movie needs to be uncompressed, frame-by-frame (there are 24 frames per SECOND) and the recompressed using a more aggressive method (i.e. CODEC - CODer/DECoder) such as DiVX or XViD. The studios compress using MPEG2 which takes up much more space. This requires a tremendous amount of math to do. And your CPU is doing all this math. This is why people who do video editing professionally have some of the most expensive computers - they NEED the speed.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Jason Hofmann
on December 14th, 2006 at 5:04 am
You haven’t explained the scenario when you have a DVD that comes in two cd’s (CD1, CD2)
That’s the tip I need
on December 14th, 2006 at 3:09 pm
Thanks for the explanation, Jason Hofmann
on December 14th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
If you have two DVDs, uh, repeat this process for each DVD–it’s quite simple.
on December 14th, 2006 at 10:07 pm
is there any other way to rip dvds without having to download anything?
on December 16th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
I cant get sound…. any ideas?
on December 17th, 2006 at 5:14 am
This is great!
Although it takes hours and hours and that I the first time didn’t get the subtitle (which was kind of important that time while the film is in chinese), I love it! I’ve been wondering about how one can rip DVD’s, and now I am just so grateful. Thank you!
on December 21st, 2006 at 2:50 pm
ITS GR8 GUIDE AND EASY STEPS
on December 21st, 2006 at 3:28 pm
HELLO COULD U EXPLAIN ME MORE ABOUT AUDIO FILES PLS
on December 30th, 2006 at 1:44 am
Thanks Elliott, this tutorial rocks! Simple and works.
on December 30th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
You should probably write somewhere in there that it takes a really long time - something like 2 hours…without any notification of your progress. I’m doing this right now and I had originally thought it would be nice and quick.
It’s all fine until you get to the first and second passes. Fortunately my first has just finished in under 10 minutes for an episode of Family Guy.
on January 5th, 2007 at 11:42 am
How can you convert a CD to PM3 so you can send it to someone?
on January 6th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
the VOB files don’t appear for me. Just IFO files. Am I doing something wrong?
on January 7th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
I want to take a movie and burn it back onto a blank DVD, leaving out some scary parts that I don’t want my daughter to see. Is this possible? What kind of file does it need to be to go back onto a disk? Am I better off using the VCR and a video tape for this project? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
on January 14th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Speed-up AutoGK (from www.doom9.org/virtualdub_procedures.htm)
VirtualDub is used by the AutoGK graphical interface during the conversion to avi file type.
Doom9 says: "Attention: Make sure that you’ve set both Video and Audio to Direct stream copy. Generally when you start VirtualDub Audio is already set to Direct stream copy but Video is not. If you don’t change this it takes hours and it’ll decompress and recompress the whole movie - not a smart thing to do." Also see comment by Jason Hofmann above about recompression using a more aggressive codec
To make the change, start VirtualDub, and on the toolbar, open Video and if it is in "Full processing mode", select "Direct stream". It seems to reset to "Full" mode the next time it is opened, so open it and check, change it if necessary, and don’t close it before using AutoGK.
on January 14th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
TOPIC: Subtitles
I am successful at ripping the movie from DVD (w/ subtitles) but the ripped version does not have subtitles. How do I go about doing that? I thought it was part of "Step 2: Slect audio track and subtitle track" but there were no options to choose from under "subtitle track". So I tried under "Advanced Settings" selecting "Display only forced subtitles" and "Use external subtitles" under "Subtitle options" but still no luck. Any advise/tips?
Thanks!
on January 18th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
I have a 7 GB movie and it rips it into 7 one gig .VOB files. How do i put them together?
on January 21st, 2007 at 7:43 pm
thanks, this tuto is really useful.
on January 23rd, 2007 at 3:11 am
works great, now i can back up all my dvd’s for my PSP thanks
on February 9th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
When running Gordian knot, there’s a step where you open the processed VOB files and you can set an inpoint and outpoint and safe it as a project file. This is the last step before running it and converting it to avi. in the step you can open all the VOBs at once and save them as a project file. Then, when you convert, you’ll have all 7 1G files in one big file.
on February 13th, 2007 at 12:41 am
can anyone make a streaming video file to dvd format?
I was trying to download a movie file on www.alu.edu
But I couldn’t please give any advice.
on February 13th, 2007 at 11:01 pm
thx so much for this… i sort of knew how to rip a DVD but this makes it so idiot-proof aka me so THX SO MUCH
on February 19th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I have been trying to burn from my hard drive to my dvd and can’t figure it out. I have downloaded converters and nothing is working can somebody help me
on February 20th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I was wondering is there anyway to not have it split after 1 gb.
on February 23rd, 2007 at 4:11 am
You could try www.dvdripnburn.com/ , this is FREE and does it in about 20-40 minutes. Ish!
on February 24th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Well numnuts. You need a codec first.. It’s as simple as that. You can NOT play movies wich is compressed to the .avi format. Try K-Lite mega codec pack.. It should help it out,
on February 25th, 2007 at 4:18 am
As this says about ripping DVD’s.
Completely incorrect.
I set it all up to rip and dvd and be done by the time I got done with an 8hr shift.
Bullshit. 2hrs to encode my ***. It was STILL going on my machine after 8hrs. Dual Core P4 3.2Ghz w/1gb PC3200 DDR. Not a slow machine.
BAD SOFTWARE
PS - it broke the DVD down into Chapter VOB’s, re-encoded the audio, and then I cancled the **** before wasting too much time on it and massive file fragmentation all over my harddrive.
What a load of ****.
on March 5th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Great program!
The only question I have is: why are my files split into "cells"? There is a cell 1 and cell 2, but when I check both and run the decrypter, it anyway just derypts the first.
That makes the ripped file "incomplete", with the end of the file missing by approx 1 minute.
What should I do?
on March 8th, 2007 at 2:02 am
Hi, have problem with the sound, it comes 2 sek. after in the ready AVI film. What can be the problem?
on March 9th, 2007 at 12:36 am
hey i got it to work but the volume dident work is this a common error?
on March 9th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Hi i have a couple questions if anyone could help. I need to rip a burnt dvd onto my comp and then i need to edit these clips in sony vegas 7.0, now i believe i ripped the dvd succesfully using dvd decryptor and aalso dvd shrink because i wasnt sure which to do. Its a VOB file and when i converted it tp AVI using autogk Vegas still wont play it. Does anyone know how i can rectify this? Thanks for any help in advance.
on March 22nd, 2007 at 10:12 am
I can’t get sound. Do I use the IFO file as the input file?
on March 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
re Including SUBTITLES using DVD Decrypter:
I would like to backup some of my US versions of foreign movies, i.e., I would like the backup version to play with english subtitles.
I have looked all over and cannot find a solution to this issue. Anyone have ideas?
I tried fiddling with the various choices under stream processing but none worked.
Thanks in advance
on March 29th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
hi i have a question i hope someone can help i want to burn certain chapters on a dvd to my hard drive and then wanna burn them to a dvd can someone tell me how to do this and let me know what programs i should use it would be of great assistance
on March 29th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
Hi. Thanks for the awesome info, although it does seem a bit slow LOL
Anyway, I’m ripping episodes off a dvd to make a backup. Is there any way to burn the blank dvd using the vob files without converting to avi?
Seems that would save a LOT of time.
Thanks
on March 29th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
NO AUDIO?! I am having the same problem as a lot of people on here. Movie works and plays fine but with no sound! Can someone let us all know what we are doing wrong. Again, movie works fine but with no sound. Thnx
on April 1st, 2007 at 12:28 am
Ok, so this worked great for me the first time through but when I went to go and rip another episode from another DVD (from the same TV set, no less) I keep repeatedly getting an error that says “EXCEPTION: Range check error” and it halts the entire process and I don’t get the episode at all. This occurs in the encoding step using the AutoGK immediately after the log window says “Running compressibility test.” Why is this happening and what do I need to do to fix this?
on April 1st, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Hey, is there a way to get arround the copy protection on some discs, because i’m having a hard time copying one of my favorite movies. the info provided is good and it worked for the nonwrite protected movies. thanks
on April 1st, 2007 at 8:04 pm
Oh, and now i have another problem, Auto GK wont open. whenever i click the icon it just doesnt do anything.
on April 3rd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
I’m not incredibly adept at computers, and I’m a little confused as to why this isn’t working for me. I’ve installed DVD Decrypter and injected a DVD, but nothing changes on the the program’s screen, as though it’s not acknowledging that there’s anything in the tray. I’ve tried more than one DVD, so I don’t believe that it’s a matter of a corrupt DVD. Any help would be much appreciated!
on April 4th, 2007 at 12:32 am
G said:
To make the change, start VirtualDub, and on the toolbar, open Video and if it is in “Full processing mode”, select “Direct stream”.
When VirtualDub started, I saw no “Video” setting to open. The only toolbar is at the bottom…just unlabeled symbols…
on April 6th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
I´ve been after info such as this. Tks
on April 15th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
AWESOME thanks for the help!!
on April 16th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Thank you so much for this wonderful guide. It’s a great help. I have one question: How can rip the DVD extras? Is it possible at all?
Thank you very much
on April 16th, 2007 at 8:02 pm
You need to Download AC3 Filter to get audio For WMP, Because when You set up your Autogt their is a place where you check what audio you want to use, and chances are it was AC3. I hope this was a help!
on April 24th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Help! I’m using Auto Guardian Knot, but in the end I get an error message from the virtualdubmod saying something like “can’t open file because it’s already in use”. But the log file says file finished, and looks just like the one in the example used! And the avi file on my desktop only gets an error msg. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
on April 24th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
EDIT: here is the error msg I get from virtualDub: “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process”. Please help!
on April 24th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Is there a way to make XVid encode only once (single pass)? I think maybe the second pass it’s not necessary and a waste of time also.
on April 25th, 2007 at 5:41 am
This is excellent! I had trouble the first time doing this, but it was my own fault (I chose the wrong audio channel and made it do the commentary only… lol.), but it is PERFECT otherwise! Thank you, I’d be lost without this!
on April 29th, 2007 at 9:22 am
I am also getting the “file in use by another process” error just as the 2nd pass starts. Tried different directories, rebooting, etc.. no luck! Any sugggestions? Need this quick!
on May 1st, 2007 at 8:25 am
Thank you very much!!!! That is a great tutorial - very usefull and very easy!!!
on May 7th, 2007 at 10:59 am
Thank you very much for the effort put in this site to help us all. The explanation was quite clear and the links to the file downloading were accurate and problem free!
on May 11th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
I have copied over 50 DVDs using DVDDecrypter and Nero 6se that came with my Sony DVD Burner . These two programs makes an exact copy with extras and 2 channel or/and 5.1 sound. Some DVDs have to be really compressed (double layer) to fit on a single layer DVD so you might have to remove 5.1 stereo or extras to fit. Yes the whole process takes around 2 hours to do but its well worth it.
on May 13th, 2007 at 1:57 am
for anyone that wants the subtitles, DONT convert the .vob files conver the .ifo file and it will automatically convert the other files; this is probably the answer for those of you who have the files storing as 1gig separate files. convert the IFO and ur problems will be solved!!!
on May 14th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
wow, just wasted 2 hrs and it doesnt even work -.-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on May 15th, 2007 at 4:34 am
Regarding those who dont want 4-7 vob files to be decrypted,
Start DVD Decrypter -> Tools -> Settings -> File Mode (Tab)
There under options under file splitting (selelect None) From drop down menu
and u will hav 1 extensive vob file while decrypting
on May 15th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
I’ll try this. I tried using DVDX because I wanted to make some tribute videos, but the program keeps shutting down on me.
Thanks for the info.
on May 15th, 2007 at 11:51 pm
I get this error message, too. Can’t figure out what else could be running it.
EDIT: here is the error msg I get from virtualDub: “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process”. Please help!
on May 17th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Hey, this works great. I’ve copied several DVD’s with this tutorial, and as for the SUBTITLES: all you need to do is convert the IFO file instead of the .VOB (in AutoGK) and you’ll have an option of subtitles. Good luck!
BTW it does take a while, but not too bad on my high-end comptuer.
on May 18th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Wowwww!! this is the best tutorial i’ve ever seen..So Easy To Understand Thank You Very Much..I’m Ready To Rip Movies And Music Videos.
on May 19th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
hey people you know if i use that dvd decryptor to rip a movie how can i veiw it on media player and so i can upload on my profile etc?
on May 20th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
i have some home-videos that have been put onto dvd. i want to edit them on my computer, but i’m not sure how to get the videos onto my computer first. how do i get them from the dvd onto my computer, if they’re just home-videos, not anything copyrighted that has to be encrypted and all that?
on May 24th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
okie dokie…i’m doing it now. but i have a question, if the DVD comes in two languages…how do i choose which language i want?
on May 26th, 2007 at 4:09 am
oh….WOW…WOWOWOWOWOW!
i’ve got the hang of this…and it wasn’t hard at all! sure it was confusing at first…but i figured it out and it’s mostly because of you. THANKS SO MUCH
this certainly opens up a lot of possibilities…
on May 31st, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Does anyone know how I can put the ripped dvd into an mp4? I’m making a project with Sony Vegas 4 and only seems to read off of mp4.
on June 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
how is the quality?
superb or allrite?
on June 10th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
i want to poo a little
on June 11th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
when i use the decrypter the first part of the dvd doesnt have sound why????its a pokemon one
on June 13th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
can anyone help me i have a dvd movie bump in the night night of the living bread and i was wondering if it has 8 eps and ther short eps like 10 min long i want to put it on youtube web site and like 2 of the ep are are bones and others on this website are saying they get no sound and and the bones eps dont work and i youtube videos need to be 100 mb so if anyone can help me plaes let me no thanks jonathan
on June 13th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
can anyone help me i have a dvd movie bump in the night night of the living bread and i was wondering if it has 8 eps and ther short eps like 10 min long i want to put it on youtube web site it onley will hold like a 100 mb
on June 16th, 2007 at 3:06 am
Thankyou! Very easy to follow. Takes around 2 hours on my Laptop with 1.86GHz Pentium M processor and 1GB of RAM. Results are great! Don’t know if there are quicker or easier options out there but this is spot on for a first timer!
on June 19th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
It took 13 hours to do a full-length feature movie. And when I play it using Windows Media Player the sound is about 2 seconds delayed from the picture.
on June 21st, 2007 at 4:12 am
Hey great tutorial, I dunno if anyone else had this problem but I’ve decrypted my DVD then then converted to Xvid which worked fine..But when I play the video, there is a 7 second sound delay .. Anyone else have this problem? any help? thanx
on June 23rd, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Hay Cheers bro
on June 24th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Instead of the .Vob file as input
use the .ifo
=> only with movies
on June 25th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
For some reason i’m not getting any .vob files when it’s done. It only comes out with VTS_01_0.ifo and VTS_01_1, VTS_01_2, VTS_01_3, etc. until 5. I noticed that 5 is the largest file and the rest are 99mb files. But 5 starts at like the middle of the movie. Any help?
on June 27th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
You need to pick VTS_01_1 Bob.
Because if you check the file type by right clicking it and then left clicking properties you’ll see its a .vob file. And it says you have to pick the first one, ok?
And don’t you hate it when they ask you for your e-mail addy, like you don’t know what their going to do with it, I mean, please!
on June 28th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
LoL mine too like 30 mins or so O.0
on June 29th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Okay I did all the steps and it worked great (did take two hours but jason cleared that up) except for one little thing. The entire movie is in shades of pink. Did I choose the wrong part of the globe on the DVD decryptor thing or is it a problem with the programs that happened when i downloaded? for info it was Final Fantasy the spirits within and I chose america/canada
on July 1st, 2007 at 11:39 am
Bob this is what you need to do:
GnuGeek said:
on May 15th, 2007 at 4:34 am
Regarding those who dont want 4-7 vob files to be decrypted,
Start DVD Decrypter -> Tools -> Settings -> File Mode (Tab)
There under options under file splitting (selelect None) From drop down menu
and u will hav 1 extensive vob file while decrypting
on July 4th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Im very pleased ^_^ only took 30 mins in total. Great ^_^
on July 5th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Very good tutorial, thanks for sharing this as it worked flawlessly for me.
on July 8th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Easy steps with visuals. A bit time consuming but eh, it is a complicated computer process, can’t really complain too much there. Concerning the problem with the multiple .vob files. I did the file split: none thing and that didnt seem to help as i dvddecrypt-ed again. Still came up with 4 .vob files. in Autogk, select the .ifo file as the input file. I’m doing my Dvd rip as I type, no problems so far, it’s nearly done after 25 minutes.
on July 8th, 2007 at 2:10 am
Correction::: I misread something or maybe I checked the wrong thing.
In dvddecrypt go to Tools => Settings => IFO Mode => File splitting : none.
I had done file splitting: none in the FILE MODE tab and not under the IFO MODE tab. That way, your .vob files are not split into 1gb files but are all one.
on July 9th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
excellent i had dvds that woulddn’t read on my dvd player i used this and burnt it to a disc and now they do
on July 9th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
The tutorial is great, however, I’m having troubles with foreign films since English subtitles are removed in the final .avi. Any suggestions guys?
I’ve tried using the .ifo as suggested in lieu of the first .vob file but the ifo file is 80kb and in the output entry in auto gk it doesn’t provide me with an output when i select that .ifo file which is named VTS_01_0.ifo.
any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks.
on July 11th, 2007 at 6:56 am
The tutorial is good and it really makes this easy. But nobody has answered the question why is the sound delayed two seconds Help!!!!
on July 14th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Don’t download or read this, it doesn’t work
on July 14th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
The best tutorial i’ve come across, and the best bugfree (FREE SOFTWARE) too, Quality of the avi is great ! yeah it takes a while but all methods do…….. Can you not leave your P.C running when you go to bed ? Cheers Elliot
on July 14th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
P.S It works for me and no sound delay, and i cant most of the time be assed to post in forums, so i must be impressed !
on July 16th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Thank you very much for this guide, it worked a treat and its something i’ve been looking for for a long time. Finally, an easy way to rip!!
note to people, you need to be region free on your pc to use dvd decrypter.. follow the links to rpc1.org to get updated firmare and the ‘dvdregionkiller’ program !
on July 17th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
absolutely fantastic, you know that feeling of absolute satisfaction you get when something works so flawlessly? this gave me exactly that, the software is fantastic and thanks to this i do not have to take any of my dvds with me to university! thankyou so much! =D x
on July 19th, 2007 at 6:41 am
Works like a dream! Many thanks.
But as mentioned above, you must open virtual dub *before* you run autogk and change the video settings to “direct stream copy”.
find “VirtualDubMod.exe” in ProgramFiles/AutoGK/VDubMod
After doing this I cut the run time from around 8 hours to under 5.
on July 23rd, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I was able to rip a dvd and can currently watch it on my computer. But how can I burn that to a blank dvd r disc
on July 24th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
Joe- If the sound is delayed by two seconds, just use Movie Maker to cut it off.
on July 26th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Very good tutorial, indeed!
on July 26th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Bottom line is vidoe processing takes time. Thats the nature of the beast. My solution is to hav another machine or two that will do your dvd processing. Then keep on working on other stuff. Also, read the directions and you can’t go wrong.
Thanks Elliot for putting this together. Very good tutorial. Cheers!
on July 26th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Forgot to mention it took me 30 minutes to decode a full length DVD with a Athlon XP 2800 and 1.5 GB DDR 333.
on July 26th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I have to go to the bathroom
on July 31st, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Took an hour for a 3.5minute video on a 2.4GHz machine w/ 1GB DDR2, but I also made it smaller dimensionally so that probably added alot of cycle demand. Still, it worked like a charm, thanks for the tutorial.
on August 1st, 2007 at 3:34 pm
does anyone know if i wanted to add subtitles, how do i do that? which file would i be selecting in order to accomplish this? i ask because sumtimes im burning foreign films that dont have an english audio, such as HERO, JET LI’S FEARLESS, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, etc. please email me if anyone knows how to solve this.
atomik86@hotmail.com
on August 3rd, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Well i just ripped Stay Alive with DVD Decrypter and when i play it the menu for the DVD doesn’t work how do i get it to work??? email me plz
peggs.andrewm@glenville.edu
on August 4th, 2007 at 6:48 am
Say, I like the decoder, but that other **** takes an eternity. Figured out a way to get that done up in only 20 minutes per half-hour. While this still seems a little long, its a hell of a lot shorter than the thirteen hours it took the way mentioned here. What I did was to take the decoded VOBs, used the program PowerISO to make them all into a collective BIN/CUE. Then use the program ISOBuster to open the CUE file, find the VOB files that were put in it when the BIN was created, and right-clicked it, and commanded ISOBuster to extract the file but filter only M2F2 MPEG Frames, and added .mpg to the end of output filename, and vuala, a shiny new MPG file. The only thing with them is that the length of the clip seems to only show a minute or so, but I promise the whole clip is there. the player keeps playing the file to its full length even though the runtime slider fills in. Ahhh, so much faster. The whole thing takes less than a half an hour in this way.
on August 5th, 2007 at 11:05 am
it didn’t created the .VOB file for me :S
on August 7th, 2007 at 12:28 pm
I am having trouble producing a dvd with chapters. The end product always turns out to be one long sequence with no chapters. Any ideas on how to correct this?
on August 9th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Hi,
I have a need of ripping a DVD karaoke disk and break them up into individual songs (chapters, I think). The songs would then be played back from the PC and the video signal could be routed to a karaoke mixer via S-video on the back of the PC. Of course, audio tracks must also be reserved as the original too.
Which software that I should purchase ? Thanks - SB
on August 9th, 2007 at 5:13 pm
This is a great tutorial and even though it takes times it gives really good quality video.
For whoever says there is no progress shown, I found that all of the steps do have some progress shown but you have to activate the progress bar/window. It does take a while though, and well, was a bit frustrating to find out that I had to pick file splitting –> none AFTER I did it. Restarting it now, hopefully I’ll have the audio this time ^_^
Thank you to whoever put that together
on August 10th, 2007 at 8:33 am
I have the sound now, thank you soo much for this tutorial it’s easy and gives a perfect result. ^_^
on August 12th, 2007 at 12:33 am
I consistently get an error message and I’ve tried it with different DVDs.
DVD Decrypter runs fine. AutoGK gets stuck at step “Running compressibility test” when VirtualDub outputs message “Video compression error: The source image format is not acceptable. (error code -2)”
Any suggestions?
on August 12th, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Hey where dos the avi file go to?
the folder you desinated it to? because all i have is the vob files no avi
on August 13th, 2007 at 1:31 am
My avi file decided to go in the same folder the IFO file was no matter what folder I tried to make it go to.
on August 15th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Recently I try to convert some segment of my DVDs. I found Daniusoft DVD Ripper is good to use. It could convert DVD to all popular video formats.
on August 23rd, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Seems simple enough. Can this process allow me to put it on movie maker?
Thanks so much for your help and time.
on August 24th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
When I start the DVD Decrypter, the source says “No Devices Detected” even though I have a DVD in the drive.
on September 6th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
[…] Originally Posted by SharekhaN There are plenty of free software available that do exactly what this does and the key word is still free . Winavi is a paid software . Its not worth the the money truthfully . The only good part about winavi is the speed . but this falls flat on its head when there are errors on the dvd or any other video file . Agreed plenty of free software and plenty of tutorials too. Here is one which includes open source softwares. Here is the link for that: How to rip a DVD: A Tutorial by Elliott C. Back But are you sure you wanna go through all that hassle. […]
on September 7th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
the totorial is great but on windows movie maker it keeps playing in french(i think) how do i het it to play in english and how to i seperate them into frames bc i am trying to make a music video but i cant figure it out could you pls help me ?
on September 8th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Thanks for this tutorial. After I moved out of my mom’s house and didn’t have my brother to do this for me anymore, I needed to learn how to rip dvds by myself. It’s not hard at all!
on September 9th, 2007 at 11:08 am
WOW…..i cant believe how EASY it was. if this cost id say…BUY IT!! but it DOESNT so…..DOWNLOAD IT!!! and yes it take a while but its WELL worth it. le ts say u have 50 movies that u LOVE. and…ur house gets robbed he takes all ur movies but didnt have time for ur comp. ud wish u backed it up on ur comp….woulnt u? i would but NOW….i have MY movies on my comp to watch ANY TIME I WANT!! lol well all i could say is. u should get it.
on September 11th, 2007 at 4:30 am
I want an easy dvd ripping software.
on September 14th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Hi Jack,
I totally agree. Please let me know when you have a release version of your free, idiot-proof, easy-to-use DVD ripping software available. I appreciate your philosophy (simple and to the point), and I also look forward to the outstanding free service I would expect from such a visionary.
Cheers,
-wheat
on September 25th, 2007 at 6:30 am
question: why do you want to convert it to avi? you can already play the dvd file on your computer and on your dvd player after 20 minutes.
on September 25th, 2007 at 6:30 am
question: why do you want to convert it to avi? you can already play the dvd file on your computer and on your dvd player after 20 minutes.
on September 25th, 2007 at 6:30 am
question: why do you want to convert it to avi? you can already play the dvd file on your computer and on your dvd player after 20 minutes.
on September 26th, 2007 at 2:22 am
I can’t get sound on mine either.
on September 29th, 2007 at 5:47 am
Eazy!!! and it works too…. it took about 3 hours, but then, the dvd was aroung 6GB.
on October 6th, 2007 at 6:04 am
Hi great tutorial I was wondering though is there anyway to make the file 16:9 ratio as opposed to just 4:3 as I can’t find a menu for this on autogk?
on October 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
Takes a while but its about as simple as a free ripping program gets. Thanks for the tutorial
on October 13th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
I recently downloaded AutoGK and followed this simple tutorial to make all those messy files into one simple .Avi video file.
i wasnt entirely sure which single file i put in the “input file” section
so i just put the first VIDEO_TS.VOB in
anyhow, i hit start and all that and when it had finished it appeared as a .Avi file, however when i played it the Audio was incredibly out of sync with the Visual.
Any ideas as to what i have done wrong and what to do correct this would be really appreciated, coz tbh it’s really starting to piss me off
on October 17th, 2007 at 2:37 am
What is the procedure if I want to rip ONLY A SECTION OF AN EXISTING DVD? In other words, I want to extract video from the original DVD beginning at a certain starting point (hh:mm:ss) and ending at a specific ending point (again, in hh:mm:ss). I then want to re-burn this section onto a fresh DVD, or leave it as an mp3 file and burn it onto a regular CD.
Please advise.
Paul
on October 21st, 2007 at 2:17 am
Hi,
This is an incredibly easy program to use. Your tutorial was step by step and was a huge help in cutting through reading.
Takes about 3 hours to do it all, but it is well worth it The end result is a crisp clear perfect copy on my computer.
Thanks so much !!!
Now I would like to know, how I can burn this to a blank DVD. I tried one program but the guys tutorial was in broken english and he totally lost me.
Is there a simple clearly instructed free program to copy the file on my computer to a DVD?
I thank you in advance. Great program and terrific instructions!!
Dave
on October 23rd, 2007 at 10:17 am
does anyone know if any of these intructions/programs would work to rip a karaoke dvd/vcd to my hard drive? i want to be able to use Windows Media Player for example to play the songs with video. thanks.
on October 24th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
thanks man, it worked and it was very simple !
on October 24th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
To david : Use a free program named “dvd shrink” for that. Search google for it .
on October 26th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I have looked for a decent ripping guide for some time, and then I happened onto this. This is an excellent and succinct guide, and I recommend it to everybody looking for advice on ripping DVDs. Kudos to the writer; very well done!
on October 31st, 2007 at 6:10 am
This was useful however i think itd be better if things were explained, i mean its fair enough saying “choose this option, choose that option” but if you tell the reader why then they are more likely to remember because they understand and also it makes it easier for them to work out when the other options might be useful.
on November 2nd, 2007 at 9:08 am
Just another option to consider…Look at the VLC Media Player. Although the world of options is not as great, it is simple to use and create videos straight from a DVD. You don’t even need to rip the DVD to your computer to use it!
However, most importantly, it’s blazingly fast! I did an 18 minute video in just under five minutes, whereas the method described above has taken about 10 minutes and its only 6% done!
Cheers!
on November 2nd, 2007 at 11:55 pm
God…damn. Everything went smooth, a 2 hour movie took about 1½ hour to finish. Audio is synced, picture quality is perfect, subtitles are fine - but it ripped the commentary audio track, LOL. However when playing the VOB’s in Media Player Classic, there is no commentary audiotrack. Wonder what went wrong…
on November 3rd, 2007 at 6:19 am
Well now I know, it asked what audiotrack I wanted to use and I got to pick between 6ch and 2ch and I figured 2ch (stereo) should be enough hehehe.
on November 5th, 2007 at 5:20 am
Man, Elliott C. Back is awsome!
on November 6th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
DVD decrypter is not working; a blank icon just came up when I installed it. It just says that they’re “searching” for the file when I try to open it. Any suggestions?
on November 6th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
never mind…DVD decrypter’s fine.
now the auto gordian isn’t working. PLEASE HELP!
on November 12th, 2007 at 9:28 am
Great tutorial… I agree DVD decryptor is the greatest
on November 13th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Great Tutorial!!! I have used this to rip approximately 10 movies. However, every movie I rip does not include chapters. I thought this was just part of the program, but I see in the “Tools” section in DVD Decrypter that you can add chapters, but there is 8 choices. Can someone advise what I should pick so the movies will be ripped with their chapters in place? I also don’t have the title menus.
on November 18th, 2007 at 6:12 am
THANKYOU SOOO MUCH!!! although it took AGES it was well worth it!!! yay, i’m so excited it actually worked!!!
on November 18th, 2007 at 6:13 am
i’d also like to say that i’m really not into computers and usually i don’t have a clue but this tutorial made it sooo easy!! thankyou so much!!
on November 21st, 2007 at 3:02 am
hi guys,
i received error at virtual dub process = The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process…. what could possibly go wrong here? please help… i’ve tried for so many times already.
anyone have idea, pls email me zaharani.bustami@gmail.com
thanks!
on November 22nd, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Nice guide, but this way is fit for only Windows User, if you’re Mac user, you can use this free DVD Ripper for Mac, it can help you rip DVD on all Mac OS X.
www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html
on November 24th, 2007 at 6:34 am
It has taken about 30min and the ripping part is standing still at 0%. **** program, nothing works.
on November 25th, 2007 at 4:38 am
The process works fine. For those having complications.. Well maybe you should not be trying anything even remotely technical as this whole process is pretty easy as the tools do everything for you. If it is taking you 3 hours maybe look into buying a somewhat modern PC as I just completely ripped a DVD movie in about 45 minutes on a barely above stock Dell Inspiron 9300.
For people asking how to only rip a portion.. You can’t directly. You will need to rip the DVD and then use a program like Sony Vegas and do some real video editing. There are plenty of tutorials on how to edit video available online.
on November 25th, 2007 at 11:11 am
pobo you’ve done something wrong or your computers rubbish, then again it could be both, works fine for me
on November 27th, 2007 at 4:52 am
chur man!
works brilliantly! even though it took multiple hours to finish. I guess it is meant to though. None the less, it still rocks.
on November 27th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Ok so at this point I’m really angry.
The software works great.. on the setting of 350MB
well for an anime episode 350MB on my computer for 1 episode is a bit unreasonable… so I tried the 233MB option…. well it works fine but the last 4 minutes are always missing on my completed file.
I’ve gone through 2 weeks of ripping files from a season of anime
(takes about 4-6 hours and episode because I have really low RAM)
any ideas why my episodes aren’t complete? Since everything I’ve done is the same… just changed the file size from 350MB to 233MB
I’m about to try doing a 350MB file again and see if the whole episode is intact but I really DON”T want a whole season of episodes at 350MB
Even at 233MB the folder with 26 episodes is at 6GB, I’d really like to not have to make that file almost twice the size by having to do everything over at 350MB
Any suggestions at all would be nice.
If anyone can help send me and email titled “dvd ripping help” to
twisted_cherry_blossom@yahoo.com
on November 28th, 2007 at 2:13 am
Many think this takes to long to do. I Suggest u try out DVD2MPEG instead of autogk. DVD2MPEG just needs a couple of minutes instead of hours.
Good luck
on November 28th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Awesome Tutorial…
Ripping my first DVD now…
on November 28th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Only took me 15minutes to rip a 2 hour movie…………..nice
on November 30th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Thanks for the effort, Elliott.
on December 2nd, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Well, like quite a few other folks, I’m getting the error “the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process”. Has anyone found a solution to this problem?
I’m running on Vista. I wonder if this could be an incompatibilty with Vista. Anyone having success running it on Vista?
Thanks
on December 2nd, 2007 at 7:57 pm
OMG I was looking all over for help like this. Thank God for Elliot!
on December 3rd, 2007 at 9:41 pm
OK so I got my problem fixed… I would like to tell you all…. DO NOT RENAME THE VOB FILES…
ok… so if you do you lose like the end 5 minutes of every video… that should be in the dummy manual
anyway… to the people that say it takes to long… well ya it does.. but it depends on how much RAM you have on your computer… I’m running on a very small 256MB RAM… and so I can get 2 and a half episodes done over night when I’m sleeping… so if you want to cut the time… update your RAM… otherwise make sure you aren’t doing to many things at once while doing this… if you’re browsing multiple websites and downloading stuff.. or playing games… ya it’s going to take a lot longer than if you just started it and left the computer alone till it’s done.
I’ve tried ripping with other programs because I don’t like how long this takes… but the quality is always **** compared to the results I get ripping in this way… so if you want crappy quality video.. then go ahead and rip with something else….
otherwise even if it takes you forever like it does me… I say rip video in this manner.. the quality is amazing… though if you are ripping say anime episodes… I suggest switching to 233MB instead of 350MB… it’s still just as good quality wise… and it’s better than any anime episode you can download offline.
on December 9th, 2007 at 11:23 am
hey guys, thanks alot, im in the process of ripping a dvd right now! the only question i have, and maybe this was already in the posts but, how would i copy just select sections of a dvd. say i know a where a scene i want is between 1 hr 10 mins 4 secs and 1 hr 11 mins 17 secs, how would i copy just that section only, and scrap everything else? thanks alot guys, still new to this stuff…
on December 15th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
I wanted to turn the file into a DivX format, but when I clicked on DivX it said that my DivX was not the right version and would only let me turn it into an Xvid. I have the Combined Community Codec Pack on my computer, is there a different DivX version that I need? Thanks.
on December 16th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
To all you A-holes complaining about it taking too long (i.e. several hours) and how that was never addressed in the tutorial:
Let me point out that he gives you a full activity log for a typical AutoGK cycle with all the timestamps and it clearly shows that the process takes several hours. From 9:07 to 11:42. There’s even a thing at the end of the log that tells you the exact elapsed time.
Don’t complain about what’s not in the tutorial if you won’t read the tutorial.
on December 18th, 2007 at 7:30 am
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on December 19th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Jeez, it still sounds needlessly complicated to me, the humble PC user, who knows nothing about code or decryption. Why can’t you just rip DVDs in Windows Media player like you can for CDs? Not all of us can download Tv shows and films! not all of us have a credit card! how else can i out video on my ipod now?
on December 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
brilliant tutorial, works fine, i finshed in about an hour, but might have been shorter as i was away during the last bit so i dont know. realy simple to use and decent software.
on December 23rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm
I was able to rip a DVD and play it in windows media player, but it will not work at all with Quicktime or itunes…i want to be able to put this on my ipod….what do i do???
on December 26th, 2007 at 8:05 am
Just like Ryans comment, if anyone wants to put these movies on their Ipod, I have been doing it for a while now. What you need to do is convert from avi format to mp4. Here is the best way that I have found to do it. Follow this link: worldtv.com/blog/guides_tutorials/flv_converter.php I am not very computer friendly, but with some playing around, I got it to work, and it works QUICKLY!
on December 26th, 2007 at 8:08 am
I also here of this converter being raved about: www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html But compared to the flv converter, it is SLOW, and I have never gotten it to work right. So if you play around with the flv converter, you will find how easy it is to convert from many formats in like a half hrs time. The only advice I give is to READ THE Q & A at the bottom of the flv converter page! It helped me not to pull ALL of my hair out.
on December 26th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
tried couple of programs all bad ones hope this one will work
if ya want the job done good ya have to got some time…
on December 27th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
It appears if you go in DVD decrypter > Tools > Settings > IFO Mode tab, you can set it up to rip as chapters. I’ve not tried this.
on December 27th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Worked very well for me… time was not a concern either
on December 27th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Holy ****, this takes WAY too long. Is there an alternate way to do this?
on December 28th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
Hey, I have been playing around with this for a few days now, and I am finding out that doing DVDDecrypter in “IFO” mode is extremely important! I never have luck in putting a “Vob” in the input section either. Using the IFO mode, should leave you with only 1 IFO and a few VOB files. I put the one IFO in the input and had some luck so far. It also seems like the computer you use makes a HUGE difference. The audio is out of sync when I use our desktop computer, but have had better luck with my Dell laptop. Go figure! As far as how long it takes, I suggest you find something else to do to pass the time while it’s working. The last movie I did took over 5 hours! But after, it was done perfectly.
on December 28th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Great! Very simple and straight forward. MANY thanks.
on January 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
First off, thanks a ton for this tutorial. My question has to do with the output when ripping a dvd using IFO setting. After selecting the longest portion of the movie, I am left with 3-4 vob files and they are all quite large. Which one do I use, and why is it creating so many vob files, when i am selecting only 1 portion of the dvd, per above?
Thanks again!!!
on January 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
to Johnny Five:
You may try this DVD ripper, the ripping speed is fast, it take me about 30 minuters to rip a 60 minutes DVD movie
www.aimersoft.com/dvd-ripper.html
on January 5th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
to burn a bought dvd onto a blank disc, which programs work the best?
on January 7th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I got the audio to work by downloading the AC3 filter as well as setting the audio type to “Auto” in Advanced Options for AutoGK.
on January 8th, 2008 at 10:44 am
how long would you estimate a 2 1/4 hour movie would take to get compressed down to 700mb?
thanks
on January 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
i have just finished compressing after about 3 3/4 hours. i was compressing to 700mb but the clip has come out 66mb and around 5mins long. what has happened? when i play it, it just just from scene to scene
on January 10th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Great tutorial! took me about 45 mins for a 2 hour movie, but the only bad thing is you need AC3 filter but i can live with that ,
thanks.